Can 17 year olds be thugs?

Can 17 year olds be thugs?

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Can 17 year olds be thugs?

some people believe it is not possible because they are children.

i think they can be and there are 17 year old thugs.
 
none said:
Can 17 year olds be thugs?

some people believe it is not possible because they are children.

i think they can be and there are 17 year old thugs.
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Absolutely, but some are wannabes. 17 year old males have raging hormones and a lot of them like risky behavior, but they aren't all thugs. Do you remember what it was like to be 17? I remember what guys were like, I remember what I was like.
 
Rana said:
Absolutely, but some are wannabes. 17 year old males have raging hormones and a lot of them like risky behavior, but they aren't all thugs. Do you remember what it was like to be 17? I remember what guys were like, I remember what I was like.
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i was mature for my age ;)

and yes, many are wannabes....
 
none said:
Can 17 year olds be thugs?

some people believe it is not possible because they are children.

i think they can be and there are 17 year old thugs.
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I think 12 year olds can be thugs. we had one in our foster home: gang signs, verbal threats, sagging, probation violations left and right...
 
Granule said:
I think 12 year olds can be thugs. we had one in our foster home: gang signs, verbal threats, sagging, probation violations left and right...
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The youngest youth I ever worked with had just turned 12, before he was sentenced to our facility.
I've played Santa, for most of the time, and it broke my heart when they opened his door to come out and get his present on Christmas Eve.
He had been asleep and when he opened his eyes, he started saying "Santa - Santa".
He came out and put his arms around me.
Hell, he was barely higher then my belt.

We ended up raising that kid; because of all the times he kept being returned to us.
I ofter wonder what happened to him.

I handed out over 400 gifts most years and the sad part is; is that those gifts were probably the only thing that they had ever been given, without anything being asked in return or payment.

I've worked with kids whose stories would break your heart and I"ve worked with kids who would cut your heart out.l
 
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USFREEDOM911 said:
The youngest youth I ever worked with had just turned 12, before he was sentenced to our facility.
I've played Santa, for most of the time, and it broke my heart when they opened his door to come out and get his present on Christmas Eve.
He had been asleep and when he opened his eyes, he started saying "Santa - Santa".
He came out and put his arms around me.
Hell, he was barely higher then my belt.

We ended up raising that kid; because of all the times he kept being returned to us.
I ofter wonder what happened to him.

I handed out over 400 gifts most years and the sad part is; is that those gifts were probably the only thing that they had ever been given, without anything being asked in return or payment.

I've worked with kids whose stories would break your heart and I"ve worked with kids who would cut your heart out.l
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We kept with our kid for nearly three months. Ironically enough, it wasn't because of him that my wife and I stepped away from Foster Care. It was the lack of support we got from the facilitator and probation officers. Don't get me wrong; the kids were a challenge, but we would have stuck with it had we not been getting hit from all sides.
 
Granule said:
We kept with our kid for nearly three months. Ironically enough, it wasn't because of him that my wife and I stepped away from Foster Care. It was the lack of support we got from the facilitator and probation officers. Don't get me wrong; the kids were a challenge, but we would have stuck with it had we not been getting hit from all sides.
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You both deserve major Kudos for being foster parents. My sister and bro-inlaw have done that and USF is right about the stories that would break your heart and you're right about the challenges!
 
Granule said:
We kept with our kid for nearly three months. Ironically enough, it wasn't because of him that my wife and I stepped away from Foster Care. It was the lack of support we got from the facilitator and probation officers. Don't get me wrong; the kids were a challenge, but we would have stuck with it had we not been getting hit from all sides.
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I've worked iwth some really good Probation Officers and I've worked with some really bad ones.
I can't understand why someone would go into this field and have such a crappy attitude towards their responsibility.
It was never the kids that I dread working with, it was the Parents, PO's, and such.
 
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